Rotated Photos in iPhoto Annoyingly Revert in iMovie

I have posted this also in the iMovie HD forum, but have had no response there.
Others have complained that despite having the latest iPhoto update, photos taken in portrait mode (which appear sideways when imported), and rotated in iPhoto, revert to the sideways view in the iMovie Photos pane.
Having tested this with a newly-taken photo, I find that it is indeed the case.
Presumably this is because only the thumbnail is rotated and not the original file.
This does not personally affect me because I use iPhoto to store photos only when importing to iMovie, and my rotating is done elsewhere.
However, it clearly is a significant problem for those who fully utilise iPhoto as their primary storage destination.
Is this a bug? Is there a work-around?

I have a problem of clips(30 sec. say) being imported into iPhoto sideways and then I can find no way to rotate them because QuickTime takes over....
Is that similar to what you're describing and does that happen to you?
ballerina

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Having tested this with a newly-taken photo, I find that it is indeed the case.
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